Miss Uganda 2016-2017 Ms. Leah Kagasa won herself a brand new Huawei P9 smartphone, beating 20 other contestants to the title. 1st Runners Up was Simple Kyohairwe, while 2nd runner up was Rita Mutoni.

All the 4 regional winners also won themselves brand new smartphones from Huawei to include Miss North – Joan Odung, Miss West – Teddy Mukunzi, Miss East – Sharita Maruti and Miss Central – Shamilla Nakyanzi.

While speaking on the side-lines at the Miss Uganda grand finale, Marketing Manager at Huawei Uganda Jean Baguma said, ‘Huawei has contributed a sponsorship package of 20 Million UGX worth P9 smartphones and cash towards the organization of the Miss Uganda 2016. We are proud to have been part of making history again in Uganda as a new Miss Uganda was crowned.’

Baguma explained that by using the P9, the beauty queens will be able to boost the 2016 Miss Uganda theme by capturing their journey in great quality pictures using high image focusing speeds, delivering photos and videos with superior richness, clarity and authenticity.

This is because the P9 is all about re-inventing smartphone photography.

Miss Uganda 2016 – 2017 Leah Kagasa shows off her brand new Huawei P9 that she was given by Huawei Uganda alongside the crown. The Huawei P9 is all about reinventing smartphone photography boasting of having a dual camera sensor that can take pictures both in black and white and colour.

According to Baguma, the Huawei P9 is purely targeted to the fashionable and trendy customers. The flagship excels in both picture quality and image focusing speed, delivering photos with superior richness, clarity and authenticity.

The Huawei P9 was for the fourth year running recently named the ‘European Consumer Smartphone 2016/17’ by the European Image and Sound Association (EISA), which testifies Huawei’s commitment to creating new mobile innovations that offer new experiences to its users.

Sam Ayo; Device Manager at Huawei Uganda; noted that winning the EISA Award by the P9 is the result of exhaustive developments and attention to detail from the world’s top industrial designers and their tireless efforts.